Positano

Positano (; ) is a town and municipality on the Amalfi Coast in the Province of Salerno, in the region of Campania in Italy, mainly in an enclave in the hills leading down to the coast. It has 3,678 inhabitants.

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Positano is a small Italian town of about 3,678 people located on the Amalfi Coast in the Campania region, nestled in the hills that slope down toward the Mediterranean Sea. It is notable as a municipality in the Province of Salerno and represents one of the towns that make up the picturesque Amalfi Coast region.

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Italian comune.name: Positano
Italian comune.image_skyline: Positano Sunset.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption: View of Positano at sunset
Italian comune.shield_size: 73px
Italian comune.image_map: Map of Positano (Province of Salerno, region Campania, Italy 2024).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: Positano within the Province of Salerno
Italian comune.region: Campania
Italian comune.province: Salerno (SA)
Italian comune.frazioni: Montepertuso, Nocelle
Italian comune.mayor_party: Independent
Italian comune.mayor: Giuseppe Guida
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 8.65
Italian comune.population_total: 3678
Italian comune.population_as_of: 2025
Italian comune.population_demonym: Positanesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 0
Italian comune.saint: St. Vitus
Italian comune.day: June 15

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Official name: Positano
Population: 3729
Area: 8.65
Elevation: 142
Official website: comune.positano.sa.it
Image: Positano Sunset.JPG
Dialing code: 089
Licence plate code: SA

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Commons category: Positano
postal code: 84017
Commons gallery: Positano
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==History== thumb|Panoramic view of Positano in 2025 The first evidence of a settlement in Positano dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic, when the "Grotto La Porta" was frequented by gatherers and hunters. This small cave is located at 120 m. o.s.l. and at 10 m. on the highway. In 1955, Antonio M. Radmilli (University of Pisa) organized several surveys to identify prehistoric visits, both on the surface and in some caves. During the excavations, several fossils emerged, some of which are malacological like shells of molluscs, while the fauna is represented by the remains of mammals (wild boar, ibex, deer and roe deer), birds, amphibians and fish. The findings made it to be assumed that the people who frequented the caves had an economy based mainly on the collection of molluscs, while hunting for birds and mammals was rather marginal.